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Updates:

Aug 27, 2010: Updated agenda. Updated travel information. Added list of attendants.

Jul 28, 2010: Added hotel details

Please register by Thursday August 19, 2010 to guarantee a hotel reservation!

Jul 02, 2010:
Launch.

Jul 01, 2010:
First draft.

Agenda of the Meeting

9:00 Welcome (Olga Evdokimov)
9:05 STAR: Status and Future (Nu Xu)
9:20 Overview of the Decadal Plan (Carl Gagliardi)
What is the nature of QCD matter at the extremes?
9:50 How does the system thermalize? (Olga Evdokimov)
10:05 What are the properties of the strongly-coupled system? (Wei Xie)
10:20 What is the phase structure of QCD matter? (Nu Xu)
10:35 Break
11:00 What exotic particles are produced at RHIC? (Huan Huang)
11:15 What is the mechanism for partonic energy loss? (Helen Caines)
11:30 Does QCD matter demonstrate novel symmetry properties? (Declan Keane)
What is the partonic structure of nucleons and nuclei?
11:45 What is the partonic spin structure of the proton? (Bernd Surrow)
12:00 What are the dynamical origins of
spin-dependent interactions in hadronic collisions? 		(Carl Gagliardi)
12:15 What is the nature of the initial state in nuclear collisions? (Thomas Ullrich)
12:30 eSTAR at eRHIC (Ernst Sichtermann)
LUNCH
2:00 Overview of the anticipated upgrades (Flemming Videbaek)
2:45-5:00 Open forum (All)